FIRST
SORROWFULL MYSTERY: Agony in
the Garden.
At Gethsemane Jesus
prays as He contemplates the sins of the world. Then
cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane,
and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and
pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons
of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
Then saith he unto them: "My soul is exceeding
sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with
me". And he went a little farther, and fell on his
face, and prayed, saying: "O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as
I will, but as thou wilt". (Mat 26,36-39).
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his
sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to
the ground. (Luk 22,44)
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